Nonremovable cork



L.. CRANE.

NONRENIOVABLE CORK.

APPLICATION FlLED'APR- 16. 1921.

1,416,616, Patented May 16,1922.

H S I I ATTORNEYS LOUIS CRANE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NONREMOVABLE CORK.

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Application filed April 16, 1921.

To all 'ur/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS CRANE, a citi- Zen of the United States and aresident of the city of New York, borough of: Bronx, in the county ofBronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improvedllonremovable Cork, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a non-removable cork, and has particularreference to a non removable cork which is adapted to be applied tobottles or similar receptacles containing poison.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient devicewhich can be at tached to the cork oi? any bottle or other similarreceptacle in such manner that the removal of the cork from the bottlewithout the possession of certain specific means therefore isimpossible' This limitation on the removal of the cork prevents peoplewho have not the proper key or other article from getting at thecontents of the bottle.

Another object resides in the provision of an attachment for corks whichis very cheaply made and readily applied.

A further object resides in the particular construction and arrangementof parts which are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in theaccompanying drawings.

The invention is illustrated in the draw ings, of which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a bottle showing the key placed in position in con--nection with the cork;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a bottle with the cork partly removed;

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken through the neck of the bottleshowing the cover plate attached to the cork; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the key and the cover plate removedfrom the bottle.

As shown in the drawings, the inven tion is adapted to be applied to anysuitable receptacle 1, such as a bottle, in the neck 2 of which anysuitable sealing device, such as a. cork 3, may be placed. In bottlescon taining poison or other injurious ingredients, it is generallypreferable to push the cork fairly well down in the neck of the bottle,as shown in Fig. 3. If no other-protection is provided any person havinga corkscrew could insert it into the cork and withdraw the same andthereby be able to get at the contents of the bottle. I haveSpecification of Letters Patent,

Patented illlay is, 1922.

Serial No. 461,867.

provided a simple and economically manufactured attachment or devicewhich. as shown in Fig. 3 particularly, is in the form of a flatmetallic plate of sheet metal, such as 4, which around its periphery ispro vided with downwardlydurned cars or points 5 which project into theupper surface of the cork 3. These ears are turned down out of the metalof the plate 4 itself. The diameter 01" the plate 4 is substantially'equal to the diameter of the cork, so that when the plate 4: is attachedto the cork practically the entire upper surface of the cork is covered.This would prevent any person from getting at the cork to remove it. Onthe inside of the plate 4 there is, suitably attached thereto in anydesire manner, a corkscrew 6. L

To apply the plate 4; shown in Fig. the screw portion 6 is forced intothe cork in the usual manner, and when the plate thereby comes intocontinual relation with the upper surface of the cork 3 the points 5engage the cork and lock the plate thereto whereliy no person can movethe plate to remove the screw 6 from the cork. On the upper surface ofthe plate 4;, at opposite sides thereof are provided struck-up portions,such as 7 and 8. These portions, which I call latch portions, areadapted to engage horizontally extending lugs, such as 9 and 10,disposed integrally or otherwise on the lower end of the key portion 11.The lugs 9 and W are adapted to engage respectively beneath thestruck-up ear portions *4 and 8. "When so engaged, the key can he turnedclockwise to remove the cork "from the bottle in the usual manner. Itwill he observed that since the entire upper surface of the cork isbelow the top of the bottle, and since this sur'lace is substantiallycovered by a metallic plate, it will be practically impossible foranybody not provided with a key, such as 1.1, or a similar device, toremove the cork from the bottle by any other means.

It is apparent that the plate 4, the screw 6, and the key 11 can be verysimply and economically stamped out of metal, since each as describedare made in an integral fashion out of one pieceof metal. Their assemblyin the related form above described is effected in a very simple andeconomical manner, and their attachment to any cork is a very simpleprocedure.

What I claim is:

1. An attachment for corks of bottles or other containers, whichcomprises a metallic plate attached to and substantially covering theupper surface of the cork, a key having; projecting lugs on its lowerend, and struckup portions on the plate adapted to engage with'the lugson the key whereby the plate and the cork may be removed from thebottle.

2. An attachment for corks of bottles or other receptacles, whichcomprises a metallic plate attached to the upper surface of the cork andsubstantially covering the same. a screw device extending into the corkand attached to the under surface of the plate, a plurality of struck-upear portions on the upper surface of the plate, and a key having lugportions on its lower end adapted to en gage the struck-up ear portionson the plate,

the plate, a key, and a plurality of integral lug portions on the keyadapted to engage the struck-up portions on the plate, whereby the plateand the cork may be removed from the receptacle.

LOUIS CRANE.

